From Mr. Woods:

Hello Tiger Band Family,

UIL Solo and Ensemble for all Brass and Woodwind players is on Saturday, February 24th at Hays HS. Entry fee is $15 per solo and $15 per performer in an ensemble. This fee will be paid through your Membership Toolkit account, and is due by Feb. 23rd.

Additionally, Accompanist fee of $50 for Class 2 or 3 and $65 for Class 1 solo will be paid via check made out directly to assigned accompanist or cash (Mr. Mayer will collect and distribute the payments) This fee is due by Feb. 9th. Students will receive two 15 minute practice sessions with the accompanist and the performance.

Percussion Solo Contest entry fee is $20 for 2 solos and will be paid through Membership Toolkit.

Rehearsal Schedule for this week:

Monday 7:00-7:40am CB Flutes

SB Flutes

7:40-8:20am CB Clarinets

SB Trumpets

Wednesday 7:00-8:20am WE - ALL Woodwinds

7:00-8:20am WE Percussion - Superhero+Ojo

4:30-6:00pm SB Percussion - Aether

5:00-8:00pm WG JV

Tuesday 7:00-7:40am CB Sax/Low Reeds

SB Clarinet/BCl

7:40-8:20am CB Trumpets

SB Horns

7:00-8:20am CB Percussion – Gotham

5:00-8:00pm WG Varsity

Wednesday 7:00-7:40am CB Horns

SB Oboe/Bassoons

7:40-8:20am CB Trombones

SB Trombones

7:00-8:20am WE ALL Brass

7:00-8:20am WE Percussion – I Ching

4:30-6:30pm JB I

5:00-8:00pm WG JV

Thursday 7:40-8:20am CB Tubas/Euphoniums

7:00-8:20am WE Percussion – Superhero + Ojo

4:30-6:30pm JB II

5:00-8:00pm WG Varsity

Friday 7:00-7:40am SB ALL Saxophones

7:40-8:20am SB Euphoniums/Tubas

7:00-8:20am Percussion - Zev

Percussion Solo Contest Awards-

Middle School

Outstanding Soloists-

Snare Drum- Leo Lizarraga- Seafood Louie

Mallets- Gavin Johns- Galatica

Honorable Mention-

Snare Drum- Wyatt Tullis- Rock-N-Roll, Preston Alkira- Sunday Night Tacos, Cooper Babetski- Tony Pepperoni

Mallets- Maximos Gabrielides- Liclas, Chase Del Angel- Marimba Minuet, Wyatt Spence- The Professional

High School

Outstanding Soloists-

Snare Drum/Quads- Ryan Fehler- Webster's Rumble, Blake Romero- Sticks Up, Moon Smith-Franks- King of the Hill

Mallets- Evan Murphy- Chameleon, Aiden Morton- Square One

Honorable Mention-

Snare Drum- Parker Hoffman- Dodge, Isla Conreaux- First, Jaden Pina-Popeye

Mallets- Jackie Garcia-Sunflower, Kinley Morton- Suenos, Alexander Johnson- Spicy Jam

The JV and Varsity Winterguards will be performing and competing at the following TCGC events this season:

2/10 at Akins HS

2/17 at Hays HS

3/9 at Vista Ridge HS - Varsity only

3/16 at Moe+Gene Johnson HS - JV only

3/23 at Georgetown HS - Varsity only

4/6 TCGC State Championships at Reed Arena at TAMU - Varsity only

Pre-Season Training Camp 2024 dates are June 3^rd – 6^th from 9:00am – 5:00pm at DSHS

Guard/Percussion Camp 2024 dates are July 22^nd – 26^th

Summer Band 2024 dates are July 29^th – August 12^th

Band Registration 2024 dates are August 5^th – 7^th

GO TIGER BAND!

Derek Woods
Director of Bands

Dripping Springs H.S.

512-858-3214

derek.woods@dsisdtx.us

Color Guard Update

Please mark your calendar for these important upcoming dates:

Show Dates:

Feb 10th- Akins
Feb 17th- Hays High School
March 9th- Vista Ridge High School
March 16th- Jv Championships Only at Moe & Gene High School
March 23rd- Georgetown SNA Championships

Thank You,

Derek Vereen

Fundraising Opportunity - Zips Car Wash!

Our Zips Car wash Fundraiser is LIVE!!! From now until March 1st, you, your friends, and your family can buy a car wash from our Dripping Springs Zips Car wash location and a full 50% of the cost of the wash will go straight to our Tiger Band!

Here's how it works:

1) Buy the wash from our Zips link: https://wlink.live/2024_drippingsprings

2) Zips will immediately send you a QR code for your car wash via email and text

3) Scan the QR Code when you get to the kiosk at the carwash

The car washes you buy are good for a full 10 months after purchase -- that means you can buy a ton, because your car is going to get dirty several times between now and Thanksgiving!

What the band needs from you:

1) Buy 10 months' worth of car washes for your family -- that's a lot of car washes.

2) Buy some car washes and gift them to people, because who doesn't love a carwash?

3) Send the link out to your friends and neighbors; they're going to get their cars washed at Zips anyway, so they may as well support the band while they're at it (don't forget to tell them that the washes are good for 10 months!)

4) Share our Zips fundraiser graphic on your social media

The proceeds of this fundraiser will go straight to helping pay for the new end of the year Band Ball for our kids, so it's a cause we all want to support!

If you have any questions, please always reach out!

Kimberly

fundraising@dsbandboosters.org

512-808-6073

Percussion Update

TCGC / Pageantry in the Spring:

If your child completed volunteer hours and did not receive a certificate, please inform your student to send me an email directly at percussion@dsbandboosters.org. I will provide certificates to Mr. Woods before the end of the week.

Thanks!

Senior Photos Needed

Attention senior parents! I have started working on the senior books and we need your photos! Please send in pictures of your kiddos from freshman to senior year to nicolermoore@yahoo.com.

The photos must be high resolution, no screenshots or texted images please- they will turn out fuzzy. If you can tell me your students name and what year for each picture so we will know how to group them we’d appreciate it. Some have sent separate emails for each year for their child and I have gotten a Google doc with them organized and that works great too.

Thanks so much! I’m excited to get started on this!

Nicole Hoffman

HEB Gift Card Fundraiser Q&A

•How many people participate?

~30 orders

•How much does the band make?

~$350 per month

(3% HEB discount amount of ~$12,000 order)

•What percentage does HEB discount our program?

5% discount for >$75,000 order

4% discount for >$25,000 order

3% discount for >$10,000 order

How many band members do we have?

~190 band members (170 families)

•How much would our band make if our orders average $300 per family per month?

$2040 per month AND $24,480 annually …..WOW!!!

•What are some ideas to give gift cards to?

Give to high school & college children, give to workers that you would like to thanks, give to your teens that make HEB runs for you (a $25 card instead of giving your credit card), use for your weekly HEB trips including gas, prescriptions, and Central Market.

•What card amounts are available to order?$500, $400, $300, $250, $200, $150, $100, 50, $25, and $20.•When & where do I receive my gift cards?By the 1st of each month via USPS mail.

•How do I order my cards?

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQnl6ngRRI7uXEDFQ0vpC1xAMmpjHAdyrMnWPTQDecFgh88w/viewform

•How do I pay for my order?

Set up Auto-Billpay with your bank,

or mail personal check,

or drop off at band hall DSBB lock box.

If any more questions, feel free to contact us.

Laurie Darilek & Jennifer LaRochelle

Band Banquet will be Thursday, April 25, 2024, this year!

Stay tuned for more details!